Category Archives: Social Justice

On an unusually hot May 14th, the Poor People’s Campaign kicked off 40 days of direct non-violent action in Olympia Washington. The effort is part of a movement in more than 30 other state capitals around the country for “A National Call for Moral Revival.”Continue reading The Poor People’s Campaign Lives→

Thousands of Seattle residents live in their vehicles, leading a fragile, dangerous existence on the margins

by Will Sweger

In the concrete wasteland of Seattle’s Sodo industrial district, the only hint of the native Pacific Northwest is in the jungle of trees climbing Beacon Hill to the east and the blue skies hemmed in by clouds above.Continue reading When Home is a Parking Spot→

Tucked behind a Shell gas station on the corner of Ellis Avenue South and South Myrtle Street in Georgetown, the Nickelsville Tiny House Village is home to residents who can offer informed perspectives on the Seattle City Council’s proposed Employee Head Tax (EHT). A large group of Nickelsville residents, from the Georgetown location and others like it across the city, attended the North Seattle Town Hall last week to participate in what they hoped would be a productive dialogue about the need for a more aggressive policy to fund affordable housing. Instead, they witnessed a screaming match that compelled the Council to scrap its agenda and adopt an open mic format and set strict time limits on audience feedback.Continue reading Nickelsville Residents React to EHT Proposal and North Seattle Town Hall→

When it comes to supporting the disproportionate numbers of LGBTQ+, African American, and Native American children entering Washington State’s child welfare system, everyone has something to contribute. And every contribution matters.

Researchers in University of Washington’s Department of Communication are looking for people who are black, Latino or multiracial to participate in a study looking at the impacts of microaggressions on health.

Along a muddy path next to a section of the Burke Gilman trail in Ravenna, 25 activists joined the residents of a homeless encampment Wednesday hoping to halt a sweep. When the Navigation Team’s outreach group arrived, they were surprised to see a band of activists with linked arms acting as a human barrier to vehicles. The outreach notified the rest of their not-yet-arrived team, which then called for SPD back-up. Two more police vehicles arrived, but there was no physical confrontation and no arrests.Continue reading Navigation Team Sweeps Ravenna Woods Encampment Despite Activist Barrier→